CARTHEW, George Frederick
Service Numbers: | 12, W29344 |
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Enlisted: | 19 November 1914 |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 19 Garrison Battalion (WA) |
Born: | Ovens Vale, Victoria, Australia, 18 November 1894 |
Home Town: | Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Coolgardie, Western Australia, 17 August 1978, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Ec Section-Garden 19-0025 |
Memorials: | Myrtleford War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
19 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 12, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
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8 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 12, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Fremantle | |
8 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 12, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: '' | |
23 Nov 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Heliopolis | |
2 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, Abassia | |
1 May 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 12, 2nd Signal Squadron, AIF, ex Port Said to UK per HT Caledonia | |
6 Oct 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Signaller, 12, 2nd Signal Squadron, AIF, ex Southampton per Pakeha | |
17 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 12, 2nd Signal Squadron, AIF |
World War 2 Service
5 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, W29344, 19 Garrison Battalion (WA) | |
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5 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, W29344 | |
31 Mar 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, W29344, 19 Garrison Battalion (WA) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
The youngest of ten children, Fred was born in 1894 at Ovens Vale, Myrtleford, Victoria to Thomas Henry Carthew (b1840 in Cornwall, England) and Margaret Charlotte Macauley (b1854 in Beechworth, Victoria). Thomas was a Tin Miner in Cornwall in 1861 when he emigrated, arriving in Melbourne, Victoria on board the Great Britain as a Labourer. In 1862 land in the Running Creek region was opened up for Selection, and Thomas was a Selector on Happy Valley Farm in Running Creek, Myrtleford, Victoria in 1873 when he and Margaret married at Silver Creek in Beechworth, Victoria. Thomas and Margaret raised their family at Running Creek, where Thomas died in 1900.
Fred was a Junior Porter with WAGR in Guildford WA when he enlisted in the AIF in November 1914 - he was serving with the Militia - 86th Infantry Battalion. Fred served in Egypt - including Helopolis and Moascar - as a Trooper and Sergeant (Signaller) with 10th Light Horse Regiment, Imperial Camel Corps 4th Anzac Battalion and 2nd Signal Squadron. He was hospitalised on several occasions - Influenza, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis, Catarrh and Diptheria and in June 191 attended Clarks Business College in London. Fred was Discharged in December 1919.
Returning to Perth WA Fred was a Porter with WAGR before moving to Muradup in Katanning WA in the early 1920s where he was a Farmer. In 1939 Fred married Mary Alexandra McCubbing (b1904 in Perth WA) - Mary was a Typist in Claremont, Fremantle WA, having returned from a trip to England in 1933. Fred and Mary settled in Claremont, Fremantle WA and Fred was an Organiser when he enlisted in the ACMF (Service No:W29344) in 1943.
By 1949 Fred was living in Busselton WA where he was a Farmer and Mary remained in Claremont, Fremantle WA where she was a Court Reporter. In the 1950s, after a trip to England, Fred had moved to Wattle Grove WA where he was a Farmer and from there to Wonthella nr Geraldton WA. By 1977 he had retired in Boulder, Kalgoorlie, WA where he died in 1978. Mary died in 1998.
Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
Fred was in Perth WA in August 1940 when he enlisted in the ACMF (Service No:W29344). He started off as a Private attached to 13 Infantry Training Battalion and was posted in Chidlow, Kalgoorlie and Northam. By July 1941 he was promoted to Lieutenant and in 1943 was attached to Australian Army Canteen Services. He was Attached to 19 Garrison (WA) Battalion when he was Discharged in March 1944. Fred had served in the AIF (Sergeant; Service No:12) in Egypt in WWI with 10th Light Horse Regiment and Imperial Camel Corps 4th Anzac Battalion.
The youngest of ten children, Fred was born in Victoria in 1895, growing up on Happy Valley Farm in Running Creek, Myrtleford, Victoria. His father was Thomas Henry Carthew (b1840 in Corwall, ENgland) and his mother Margaret Charlotte Macauley (b1854 in Beechworth, Victoria). Thomas had been a Tin Miner in Cornwall, emigrating to Victoria in 1861 and settling at Running Creek in 1862 when land was opened for Selection.
Fred worked for WAGR as a Porter before WWI and again until 1920 when he moved to Maradup in Katanning WA where he was a Farmer. In 1939 Fred married Mary Alexandra McCubbing (b1904 in Perth WA) - Mary was a Typist and had returned from a trip to England in 1933. Fred was working in Perth WA as an Organiser when he enlisted in the ACMF.
By 1949 Fred had settled in Busselton WA where he was a Farmer and Mary remained in Fremantle WA and worked as a Court Reporter. Following a trip to England in 1952, Fred settled at Wattle Grove in WA where he was a Farmer, then moved to Wonthella near Geraldton WA where he was a Farmer. Fred retired to Boulder Kalgoorlie, WA where he died in 1978. Mary died in 1998.